Thorness Bay, Bembridge Marls (Early Oligocene) (Oligocene of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.7° N, 1.4° W: paleocoordinates 49.9° N, 4.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bembridge Marls Member, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; marl

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: M. J. Benton, E. Cook, and J. J. Hooker. 2005. Mesozoic and Tertiary Fossil Mammals and Birds of Great Britain. Geological Conservation Review Series 32:215 [R. Butler/J. Benito Moreno]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 184763: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Juan Benito Moreno on 21.03.2017

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Creodonta - Hyainailouridae
Pterodon dasyuroides Blainville 1839 creodont
 Artiodactyla - Choeropotamidae
Amphirhagatherium fronstettense Kowalevsky 1874 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Anoplotheriidae
Anoplotherium sp. Cuvier 1804 even-toed ungulate